Expatriate assignments are a key part of international managers' careers and a vital part of maintaining business competitiveness. This book draws on contributions in the expatriation field to open up new lines of enquiry, draw attention to the need for theory building and points to the methodological issues that can beset intercultural research.

Macro Talent Management in Emerging and Emergent Markets is the first book to focus specificially on country-level activities that are aimed at attracting, developing, mobilizing, and retaining top talent for economic success in emerging or emergent markets. The book serves as a guide that orients the reader toward activities that increase their country's global competitiveness, attractiveness, and economic development through strategic talent management. This book brings together leading experts from around the world to address such issues as cross-border flows of talent, diaspora mobility, knowledge flows, global labour markets, and policies. The book is structured in three parts: Part I covers emerging markets, Part II emergent markets, and Part III pan-national themes such as migration and clusters. Bringing together research from the fields of human resource management, international business, economic geography, comparative international development, and political economy, this is a definitive, comprehensive treatment of the topic aimed at advanced students and practitioners.

Contents:
1. Global Staffing: An Overview 2. International Strategy and Global Staffing 3. International HRM Approaches: Coordination, Integration and Control 4. Executive Nationality Staffing Policies 5. Global Staffing and Performance 6. New Patterns of Global Staffing 7. Global Staffing Strategies and Learning and Development 8. Inpatriation 9. Future Trends and Research Issues in Global Staffing

Staffing is one of the biggest issues that faces companies moving into the global market today. This book provides a multi-disciplinary, integrative and critical discussion based analysis of current and emerging issues in global staffing. It critically examines best practice and leading approaches, drawing on research from a range of disciplines including international strategy, management, HRM and organizational theory. It also considers the growth of inpatriation and the impact of emerging markets on global staffing practices. Unlike other texts in the area, this text takes a truly international approach that is integrated, extensive and critical, thus allowing students of HRM and international business an indepth understanding of the processes of global staffing.

Macro Talent Management in Emerging and Emergent Markets is the first book to focus specificially on country-level activities that are aimed at attracting, developing, mobilizing, and retaining top talent for economic success in emerging or emergent markets. The book serves as a guide that orients the reader toward activities that increase their country's global competitiveness, attractiveness, and economic development through strategic talent management. This book brings together leading experts from around the world to address such issues as cross-border flows of talent, diaspora mobility, knowledge flows, global labour markets, and policies. The book is structured in three parts: Part I covers emerging markets, Part II emergent markets, and Part III pan-national themes such as migration and clusters. Bringing together research from the fields of human resource management, international business, economic geography, comparative international development, and political economy, this is a definitive, comprehensive treatment of the topic aimed at advanced students and practitioners.

The second edition of Global Talent Management (GTM) offers a state of the art overview of the key areas of talent management in theory and practice. Drawing on contributions from the leading global contributors to talent management research, the book is structured around three key sections. Section one provides a contextual overview of talent management. The second section explores in depth some of the core areas of GTM practice which includes the meaning of talent in the global context, internal talent identification, developing leadership talent, employee turnover, employer branding and the role of the corporate HR function in GTM. The final section considers three key contemporary issues in GTM, namely, data analytics in GTM, managing virtual talent and managing globally diverse talent. The chapters in the volume provide advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students with an interest in global talent management with a cutting-edge overview of the key topics in the field. It is also an invaluable resource for the reflective practitioner looking for an overview of key research in this important area of practice.

Macro Talent Management: A Global Perspective on Managing Talent in Developed Markets is the first book to focus specifically on country-level activities aimed at attracting, mobilizing, developing, and retaining top talent for economic success in developed markets. The book serves as a guide that orients the reader toward activities that increase their country's global competitiveness, attractiveness, and economic development through strategic talent management. This book brings together leading experts from around the world to address such isues as cross-border flows of talent, diaspora mobility, knowledge flows, global labour markets, and policies. Bringing together research from the fields of human resource management, international business, economic geography, comparative international development, and political economy, this is a definitive, comprehensive treatment of the topic aimed at advanced students and practitioners.

The second edition of Global Talent Management (GTM) offers a state of the art overview of the key areas of talent management in theory and practice. Drawing on contributions from the leading global contributors to talent management research, the book is structured around three key sections. Section one provides a contextual overview of talent management. The second section explores in depth some of the core areas of GTM practice which includes the meaning of talent in the global context, internal talent identification, developing leadership talent, employee turnover, employer branding and the role of the corporate HR function in GTM. The final section considers three key contemporary issues in GTM, namely, data analytics in GTM, managing virtual talent and managing globally diverse talent.

The chapters in the volume provide advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students with an interest in global talent management with a cutting-edge overview of the key topics in the field. It is also an invaluable resource for the reflective practitioner looking for an overview of key research in this important area of practice.

Table of Contents

Foreword

SECTION ONE: The Context of Global Talent Management

Chapter 1. Global Talent Management: An introduction

David G. Collings, Hugh Scullion & Paula M. Caligiuri

Chapter 2. Macro Talent Management (MTM): What it is and why is it important to Global Talent Management

Karin King & Vlad Vaiman

　

　

SECTION TWO: Global Talent Management in Practice

Chapter 3. The Meaning of Talent in the World of Work

Eva Gallardo-Gallardo

Chapter 4. Managing Global Talent Flows

Almasa Sarabi, Monika Hamori & Fabian Froese

Chapter 5. The Identification and Evaluation of Internal Talent in MNEs

Anthony McDonnell, David G. Collings & Ronan Carbery

Chapter 6. Global Talent Management: New Challenges for the Corporate HR Function in

Elaine Farndale, Paul Sparrow, Hugh Scullion and Maja Vidovic

Chapter 7. Developing Global Leadership Talent

Paula Caligiuri & Lisa Dragoni

Chapter 8. Global Talent Turnover

Ilka Verena Ohlmer Nicky Dries and Anders Dysvik

Chapter 9 Employer Branding and Corporate Reputation Management in

Global Companies: Theory and Practice

Graeme Martin and Katie Sinclair

Chapter 10. Global Mobility and Global Talent

Michael Isichei and David G Collings

SECTION THREE: Contemporary Challenges in Global Talent Management

Chapter 11. Global Talent Analytics

Dana Minbaeva and Sara Vardi

Chapter 12. Managing Diverse Talent in the Global Context

Berk Kucukaltan and Mustafa Ozbilgin

Chapter 13. Managing Virtual Talent

Angelika Zimmermann

Macro Talent Management: A Global Perspective on Managing Talent in Developed Markets is the first book to focus specifically on country-level activities aimed at attracting, mobilizing, developing, and retaining top talent for economic success in developed markets. The book serves as a guide that orients the reader toward activities that increase their country's global competitiveness, attractiveness, and economic development through strategic talent management. This book brings together leading experts from around the world to address such isues as cross-border flows of talent, diaspora mobility, knowledge flows, global labour markets, and policies. Bringing together research from the fields of human resource management, international business, economic geography, comparative international development, and political economy, this is a definitive, comprehensive treatment of the topic aimed at advanced students and practitioners.

The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management offers academic researchers, advanced postgraduate students, and reflective practitioners a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes, topics, and debates in talent management. The Handbook is designed with a multi-disciplinary perspective in mind and draws upon perspectives from, inter alia, human resource management, psychology, and strategy to chart the topography of the area of talent management and to establish the base of knowledge in the field. Furthermore, each chapter concludes by identifying key gaps in our understanding of the area of focus. The Handbook is ambitious in its scope, with 28 chapters structured around five sections. These include the context of talent management, talent and performance, talent teams and networks, managing talent flows, and contemporary issues in talent management. Each chapter is written by a leading international scholar in the area and thus the volume represents the authoritative reference for anyone working in the area of talent management.

The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management offers academic researchers, advanced postgraduate students, and reflective practitioners a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes, topics, and debates in talent management. The Handbook is designed with a multi-disciplinary perspective in mind and draws upon perspectives from, inter alia, human resource management, psychology, and strategy to chart the topography of the area of talent management and to establish the base of knowledge in the field. Furthermore, each chapter concludes by identifying key gaps in our understanding of the area of focus. The Handbook is ambitious in its scope, with 28 chapters structured around five sections. These include the context of talent management, talent and performance, talent teams and networks, managing talent flows, and contemporary issues in talent management. Each chapter is written by a leading international scholar in the area and thus the volume represents the authoritative reference for anyone working in the area of talent management.